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18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Workers commute an average 38 minutes each way between home and work—a trip that can feel like a dreadful chore before the workday even begins. In fact, long commutes lower job satisfaction and increase employee turnover. Now, recent research provides some advice to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

networked and got things done. But no one ever asked him to lunch. Many of the Black executives found their peers standoffish, perhaps because they were not used to being around black people. They concluded... View Details

07 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

potential friends, (nearly) perfected infrastructure and resources, clubs for anything you could be interested in, and a massive alumni base. I’ve experienced all of these things so far. It also gives you... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; whistle blower; Facebook; leadership; social media

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

them, which ultimately meant that I was representing people like my mother who is a CalPERS beneficiary, required challenging those firms who managed their money to do the right thing on behalf of their... View Details

Profile

Ernesto Sterling

the garage and came back with a big box. He placed it on the grass and out rushed our first puppy, a golden labrador. What is the best thing about your hometown? I love its colonial downtown. It is very picturesque, full View Details

28 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

I grew up in Brookline, MA but spent a year of high school studying abroad in Zaragoza, Spain. When I came back from my year abroad I was looking for something to do for the summer where I could speak Spanish, and through a family friend... View Details

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

situations that challenge his loyalties, conscience, and sense of duty. The book, which will be made into a movie, took Kim 20 years to write. Kim sees no conflict between the business and literary parts of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “There is a demand shock from consumers buying less, and a supply chain disruption in addition to the tariffs, which only makes things worse.”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS Show?

job search, social calendar or any of the typical things a student is supposed to do in business school. The HBS Show is created purely for the enjoyment of the HBS Community.... View Details

Profile

Nika Duan

they needed to leave all they'd ever known and come to the US for a better life with zero safety net. What’s the best thing about your home town? We had some of the best educators! Huge shout outs to Ms.... View Details

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

writing, one thing is guaranteed: you will get to know interesting people and become more knowledgeable about a topic of your interest. I can’t think of a better way to have... View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Capital Connection

be too small to back financially, Beckford viewed them as critical to transforming local communities across the country. “There’s a whole universe of small real estate operators doing cool, transformational View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

but have accounted for over half of combat casualties in recent conflicts. Most of those occur in close, urban combat, as service members go building by building in search of... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

Portrait Project

Ryan Yu

out reams of white paper, my eight-year-old self was convinced that anything could happen. Then, as I grew up, the adventure faded away. I majored in business, wore a suit, and convinced myself that the only View Details

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

the team, which can be taxing emotionally. "The hardest thing to do is to let go of a player who has been a great guy," Ferguson told me. Many other factors contribute to his successes, too. One factor I am... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang

In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service... View Details

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Educators

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

rising inequality over the past 40 years. So, in that sense, there's a little bit of good news in our paper from an inequality perspective,” says Wilmers, who focuses on wage and earnings inequality. “It's not that this is a conscious... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

that you don't get to do things that people with resources get to do. But we tell all of our kids, ‘don't be afraid to try, to dream, to expand your horizons and go for the best that you can become.' It's an... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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